28 March

Pick a Day

28 MARCH

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1992 INXS, Crowded House and other Australian acts play the "Concert For Life" benefit at Centennial Park in Sydney to help continue the work of Victor Chang, a leader in heart research who was murdered in 1991. The crowd is estimated at 100,000; no alcohol is allowed (a rarity at an Australian concert) because the park must be protected.

1991 The funeral is held for Eric Clapton's son Conor, who was 4 years old when he fell to his death out an open window. Clapton's song "Tears In Heaven" is about Conor.

1990 The Go-Go's reunite for a show at the The Whisky a Go Go to benefit the California Environmental Protection Initiative. It goes so well, they launch a tour later in the year.

1984 Mick Fleetwood, whose band Fleetwood Mac had the biggest-selling album of all time just seven years earlier, files for bankruptcy.

1979 The day after they are married, Eric Clapton sings "Wonderful Tonight" to his new wife Pattie at his concert in Tucson, Arizona. He wrote the song about her while waiting for her to get ready to go out.

1974 Delta blues musician Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup dies of complications of heart disease and diabetes at age 68.

1974 Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling" is certified Gold.

1973 Neil Young performs "Don't Be Denied" at the Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona. A few months later a recording of the performance appears on Time Fades Away.

1973 Led Zeppelin releases Houses Of The Holy.

1972 Elvis Presley records "Burning Love" and "Fool."

1970 John Lennon's "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" hits its peak position of #3.

1969 Joe Cocker plays his first live gig in the US.

1969 EMF frontman James Atkins is born in Birmingham, England.

1967 Van Morrison records "Brown Eyed Girl."

1964 Radio Caroline, the UK's first all-day English-language "pirate" radio station, begins broadcasting from the Fredericia, a former Danish ferry, in the North Sea.

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Blondie Scores The First #1 With A Rap

1981

Blondie's "Rapture" hits #1 on the Hot 100, becoming the first chart-topper with a rap.

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